I te tekau karaka i te ata, kāore anō kia tino ara ake te pukumahi o te tāone. I haere ahau i tētahi ara iti, ā, i te mutunga ka kitea e au tētahi wharekai Hapanihi iti kei te papa o raro o tētahi whare noho. E rima tau e tuwhera ana. He iti noa te ahua o te toa—he tino huna, ā, ka taea e te hunga e haereere ana te tiro atu ki reira mēnā kāore rātou e rapu ana.
I taku pananga atu i te tatau, ka tae mai te kakara o te paraoa witi ki ahau.
Kua pukumahi kē a Kong, te rangatira, i roto i te kīhini. I tū tēnei kaipakihi i muri i ngā tau 85 ki mua i tētahiHICOCAhe mīhini udon, e tiaki ana i ia taahiraa—te pokepoke, te pēhi, te hurihuri, me te tapahi—me te arotahi pumau. Kāore anō kia whakatuwheratia te toa, engari kua rumakina kē ia e tōna ake ao: he ao o te udon.
"E rima tau ahau e rangahau ana i tēnei."
Kāore a Xiao Kong i titiro ake, ko ōna kanohi i aro tonu ki ngā poraka paraoa pokepoke e āta haere ana.
e hikoi puku ana mai i te mīhini. I whakaatuhia e te paraoa i okioki katoa te ngāwari tino pai, tōna kakano he ngawari rite tonu ki te kiri o te pēpi.
12 ngā wāhanga hurihuri.
Ko tēneiHICOCAKo te āhuatanga hoahoa tino whakamiharo. Ehara i te mea he hanga mata, he mahi kotahi-taahiraa, engari he tukanga hurihuri ā-ringa, e whai ana i te āhua o te paraoa. Ka whakaohokia e ia pēhitanga te whatunga kuruteni i roto i te paraoa, ka whatu hei whatunga ngāwari e kore e kitea—engari e kitea ana.
I te pato mārire a Xiao Kong i te mata pa, ka taka ngā miro udon mā mai i te taputapu tapahi ki runga i te paepae kohi. I taua wā tonu, ka kite ahau i te māramatanga i roto i ōna kanohi.
He kanapa nō tētahi tohunga mahi toi e kite ana i tana moemoeā e tutuki ana.
"Tirohia," ka hopu ia i tētahi paihere nūru hou tapatapahi, ka tōia mārietia. Ka pekepeke rua i te rangi. "Koinei te āhua o te udon."
I tauhiuhi mārika ia i ngā nūru ki te māngaro kia kore ai e piri, kātahi ka takai ki roto i ngā pouaka. He maeneene ana nekehanga, me te mea kua mano tini āna mahi i tēnei.
I roto i te iti iho i te haora, e 50 ngā kati (tata ki te 60 pauna) o te udon i whakarārangihia marietia.
Ki te mea he mea hanga ā-ringa katoa tēnei, me mahi tonu te tohunga toi mō te rā katoa. I konei, kāore te whai huatanga me te kounga e taupatupatu ana.
"I hiahia tonu ahau ki te aro ki te udon," ka titiro ake a Xiao Kong, ka muru i te werawera i tōna rae. "Engari kāore i kitea e au te taputapu tika. Nā ngā mīhini i te mākete i whakapakeke rawa ngā nūru, i kore ai e ngaungau, i ahua ahumahi rawa rānei—kāore he wairua."
"Kia tūtaki rā anō ahau ki tōu."
Ātaata ana ahau, me te iti o taku kōrero. I taua wā, ka nui ake taku hiahia ki te peihana nūru e tata ana te mahi.
Udon Kōura Kari Koura o Tai
Ehara i te mea roa te tatari e rima meneti, engari mō te tangata i kite noa i te tukanga katoa, he mamae ia hēkona.
I tae mai te rihi.
Ka uru kaha mai te kakara o te kari ki roto i ōku ihu. Ko te parāoa ngaungau kua pania ki te ranu koura, ko te toa matua—te udon—e takoto puku ana i roto i te peihana, e tatari ana ki aku rākau tapatapahi.
Te ngau tuatahi.
Me pēhea taku whakaahua i taua kakano?
I kai ahau i tētahi toa rongonui i Tōkyō, i whakanuia ko tētahi o ngā "Udon Nui e Toru o Hapani," ā, i mahara ahau e mōhio ana ahau he aha te udon reka. Engari i miharo tonu ahau ki tēnei ngau.
Ehara i te mea he "ngaungau" noa iho. He angiangi rawa te kupu "ngaungau" hei whakaahua i te ātete ngawari e pā ana ki te tapahi a ngā niho i te nūru. Kāore hoki i te tino ngohengohe, i te piripono rānei, nā te mea kāore taua kupu e whakamārama i te kakara witi paparua me te reka i muri i te ngaungau.
He pakari, he makuku, he māeneene, he piripono.
He waiata whakamiharo tēnei o ēnei kare ā-roto e hono ana i roto i te waha. He tika ake, i tāruatia e te mīhini te "take" o te mahi-ā-ringa, ā, i puta he "hua" i tua atu i tēnā. Nā te whatunga kuruteni tino pai, i hangaia mā roto i ngā wāhanga 12 o te hurihuri, i whakarite kia mau tonu te kaha tika o ia nūru i muri i te tunu - kāore i ngoikore, kāore hoki i te āhua, kāore hoki i te pakeke, i te uaua ki te ngaungau. Ka peke mārire i waenganui i ngā niho, ā, i te wā tonu ka warewarehia e koe, ka tukuna he kakara witi whakamutunga.
"He hunga tūmau katoa ā mātou kiritaki."
I noho a Xiao Kong i tōku aroaro, e mātakitaki ana i ahau e kai ana me te makona. He ataata motuhake ki ngā rangatira toa—he ataata tino makona—i horapa i tōna mata.
"E kīia ana mātou e ētahi he 'toa rongonui i te ipurangi' ā, e hiahia ana kia nui ake ā mātou whakatairanga i a Xiaohongshu me Douyin," tana kī, me te ruru i tōna māhunga. "Engari i whakakahore ahau."
“He aha?” i pātai atu ahau.
"Nā te mea he kupu whakaiti te kupu 'toa rongonui i te ipurangi' ki a mātou." He marino engari he pūmau tōna reo. "Ko ngā 'toa rongonui i te ipurangi' e whai ana i te haere o te tangata me te rongonui mō te wā poto. Ko tā mātou e whai nei, i roto i ngā tau e rima, tekau rānei e haere ake nei, ka hiahia tonu te tangata ki te whiti i tēnei ara iti hei kai i tētahi peihana nūru."
"E ora ana mātou i runga i te kounga. E ora ana mātou i runga i te ngākau."
I whakatakotoria e au aku rākau kai, ā, ka titiro matatau atu ki te taitama kei mua i ahau. E rima tau ki muri, i whakatuwherahia e ia tētahi toa iti i tēnei kokonga huna, e tiaki ana i tana whakapau kaha ki te kai Hapanihi. E rima tau i muri mai, ka kitea e ia ngā taputapu tika, ā, ka taea e ia te whai pūtake i tana moemoeā e rima tau ki te udon tino pai. Ā,HICOCAi waimarie ki te whai wāhi atu ki tēnei moemoeā.
E ai ki ētahi he makariri, he ā-umanga, he kore wairua ngā mīhini. Engari kāore rātou i te mōhio he taputapu noa iho ngā mīhini. Nō te tangata e whakamahi ana te wairua.
Kāore a Xiao Kong i te whakamahi i tēnei mīhini hei whakaputa hua paerewa, raina huihuinga. I hangaia e ia te peihana nūru i rangahauhia e ia mō ngā tau e rima. I whakahaere ia i te wā pokepoke, i aroturuki i te pakari o te paraoa pokepoke, i whakatikatika i te pēhanga hurihuri, ā, i whakauru i tana ake māramatanga ki roto i ngā taipitopito katoa. Ko te tika o te mīhini, me te whakapau kaha o te tangata, i hanga ai taua wā o te harikoa nui.
I taku wehenga atu, ka tahuri ahau ki muri mō te tirotiro whakamutunga ki te toa iti. I noho mārire tonu te aroaro o te toa, kei te huna tonu te wāhi. Engari i mōhio ahau kei muri i taua tatau, kei te hanga tetahi taitama i tētahi peihana udon tūturu i roto i te huarahi "kuware" engari he whakaaro nui rawa atu. E rima tau ia e tatari ana mō te mīhini tika, kātahi ka whakamahia tana aroha o ia rā ki te huri i taua tatari roa ki te惊艳(he mea whakamiharo te reka) e kitea ana i roto i ngā peihana a ia kai.
Ehara tēnei i te toa "rongonui i te ipurangi".
He toa tēnei e tika ana kia whiti atu i te haurua o te tāone ki te toro atu.
Tuhinga Whakamutunga
At HICOCA, he tini ngā tāngata kua tūtaki mātou ki te umanga kai me te inu. Ko ētahi e whai ana i te tere, me te tumanako ki ngā mīhini tere rawa atu; ko ētahi e whakatairanga ana i te utu, e rapu ana i ngā kōwhiringa iti rawa te utu; ko ētahi e rapu ana i te whai wāhitanga, e hiahia ana ki ngā mīhini "kore e taea te tinihanga".
Engari kua tūtaki anō mātou ki ētahi tāngata pēnei i a Xiao Kong.
Kāore rātou e whai ana i te mea tere rawa, te mea iti rawa te utu, te mea iti rawa rānei te utu. Ko tā rātou e rapu nei ko te reka "tika".
I whānau mai tā mātou mīhini nūru udon mō ēnei tāngata. Me ngā wāhanga hurihuri 12 e whai ana i te mahi ā-ringa papatahi i te papatahi, ngā tawhā tika e whakahaeretia ana me te atamai, me te atanga ngāwari ki te whakamahi—ko ia kōwhiringa hoahoa i mahia ehara i te mea hei whakakapi i te mahi toi, engari hei tuku i te moemoeā o te tohunga toi kia reka ki te tini o te tangata.
Mena he tangata pērā koe, mena he peihana nūru tāu, kua roa koe e tatari ana kia tino pai—nau mai kōrero mai.
Ehara pea i te mīhini noa iho te mea e tatari atu ana koe.
Ko tāu pea e tatari atu nei he hoa mahi ka taea te tuku pono i tō aroha katoa ki ia kai.
Wā tuku: Maehe-14-2026